“Mankiewicz’s directing début [is] an efficient drama…the performances are vivid and the recreation of the 1840s setting is subtly plausible.”
– Geoff Andrew, Time Out Film Guide

“Lucid, often compelling…mood and atmosphere of the film are grim and shivery enough to give it a ready audience among the horror film fans.”
– Variety

Based on Anya Seton’s gothic-historical bestseller, Dragonwyck (1946) was the first film in the storied directorial career of Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve); it tells the spooky tale of an innocent country girl, Miranda (Gene Tierney), summoned to work as a governess at the magnificent estate – the eponymous Dragonwyck – of a distant cousin, the imperious Nicholas Van Ryn (Vincent Price). Despite the luxury of the surroundings and the romantic attentions of Nicholas, things soon begin to take a more sinister turn for our heroine.